Battle of Neretva is a 1969 Yugoslavian partisan film. The film was written by Stevan Bulajić and Veljko Bulajić, and directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is based on the true events of World War II. The Battle of the Neretva was due to a strategic plan for a combined Axis powers attack in 1943 against the Yugoslav Partisans. The plan was also known as the Fourth Enemy Offensive and occurred in the area of the Neretva river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Battle of Neretva is the most expensive motion picture made in the SFR Yugoslavia. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best... Foreign Language Film, the year after Sergei Bondarchuk won the honour for War and Peace. The English language version features a score by American composer Bernard Herrmann. One of the original posters for the English version of the movie was made by Pablo Picasso, which, according to Bulajić, the famous painter agreed to do without payment, only requesting a case of the best Yugoslav wines. Battle of Neretva was first of the huge state-sponsored World War II film productions.
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| Release date: | 1969 |
| Directed by: | Veljko Bulajić |
| Runtime: | 175 Minutes |
| Producer: | Henry T. Weinstein, Steve Previn |
| Editor: | Roberto Perpignani, Vojislav Bjenjas |
| Music by: | Bernard Herrmann, Vladimir Kraus-Raijteric |
| Cinematography: | Tomislav Pinter |
| Screenplay by: | Stevan Bulajic, Veljko Bulajić, Ratko Djurovic, Ugo Pirro |
| Estimated budget: | $71,015,000 |